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Old 12-06-2007, 01:58 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Old 12-06-2007, 03:33 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Guess I will have to ring in for Arizona..... we have some great mountain twists here.
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even SE Arkansas has some really nice riding...Queen Wilamena down around mena is a good ride...and pretty much all over the SE...

SE Virginia...and northern NC...Sand Banks Road...anyone that has been on it...nuff said...

lastly...and not in order...i would think palomar mountain area...never been there but the video makes my heart beat fast...maybe one day i will be there...
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Old 12-09-2007, 09:28 PM   #19 (permalink)
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I would have to agree with you on your choices! I will be traveling next week or the week after to the area and will be hittin the hill country and areas further west..... It's been a couple years since I've been down. Lookin forward to it!
Feel free to send me a PM when you do head this way. I should be free to ride on a Sunday/Monday if you don't mind a fugly (you have to see it to believe it) FJR tagging along. We've also been having some exceptionally warm weather lately. So you have to prepare for freezing to 80's weather... What's up with that!?

If you're really bored, you could ask for MHO on some of the better places to ride. Or check my blog which hasn't been updated for over a week.
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How did you fugly up your FJR???

BTW, I'm hopefully a few weeks away from my '08.
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I say So Cal is number 1!
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So Cal is ok for warm beaches, but not sport touring/touring at all. Nor Cal is awesome and after two trips to Baltimore/Pennsylania last month, I have a new found respect for the east coast.
I can't compare Nor Cal to any other state, but it has to be among the worlds best...imagine a not so cold German forest. You can throw a dart on the board at a map of Nor Cal and then another, and the road in between is guaranteed to be great. South of San Jose, its best to stick to the coast. There's also the Sierra Nevadas that go down to Central Ca and borders Nevada.
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1) The Texas Hill Country - lots of twisty back-country two-lane highway with minimal law enforcement (moreso farther west) and legal highway speeds with enough little towns in-between for coffee and gasoline.

2) West Texas - lots of twisty roads amidst incredible mountain scenery. Follow the Rio Grande on the River Road with its many sharp turns and elevation changes, explore the Davis Mountains or cruise US Highway 90 with its quaint towns and regular vistas.

3) South Texas - the rolling plains leading to the coast are lined with lightly traveled farm roads and easy-to-speed highway. Be careful, however. You may wind up at the coast wishing you had brought your swim suit.

...not only did I list three different states, they're practically different countries!





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Guess I will have to ring in for Arizona..... we have some great mountain twists here.
Coronado Trail in Eastern Arizona between Morenci and Alpine is outstanding and such little traffic. Probably at the top of my list of great hardly used roads.
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Southwestern CO.
Northern CA (Yosemite up if that qualifies as northern..)
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Plus in TX, unlike CO, utah, even TN sometimes, you can ride year round for the most part. West TX is hard to beat all around, though there are some better places certain times of the year.
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Also, rural MD and WV mountains, another combo you can do in one day.
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Ah, yes... The '08 is here with the statement: black is beautiful!

As for my '03... It's wearing a mix of '05 plastics with the original '03 in order to have the factory integrated turn signals and the glove box. I've not gotten all the plastics the same color... yet. So, it's quite fugly at the moment!
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Old 12-15-2007, 02:25 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Most of you probably read about my latest trip through TN, KY, WV, VA, and NC. I've explored all of central to eastern TN, most of north GA, and north AL. I'm also very familiar with west NC. I'm lucky to live by so much great riding.

However, nothing I've ridden can top the 1.5 days I spent exploring WV. If you desire to ride 100's of miles of curvy two lane roads, try WV. You can link roads together, and literally ride 4-500 miles of nothing but beautiful curvy roads with next to no traffic!

I will eventually make it farther north, and farther west, but WV is where its at in the east...
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Just three?If were just talking paved roads,then it would have to be,
1.Upstate New York
2.Vermont
3.Idaho
Yes i've riden 39 out 50.I'm work'n on the other 11.
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